"This time... trigger-happy creature blasters will trade in their light guns for keyboards and will need to hone their typing skills to repel the mutant hordes with lightning-fast spelling and lethally accurate grammar," said Sega.

"Up to two players can take on the fright-filled story mode or one of three monster-maiming mini-games all designed to improve your keyboard skills in the bloodiest typing tutorial around."

The original Typing of the Dead was a remake of House of the Dead 2 which proved popular enough to warrant a port to the Dreamcast.

"People often gripe about how video games aren't educational or useful in everyday life," said Ollie Clark, creative director at developer Modern Dream.

"But with The Typing of the Dead: Overkill you can now shoot up a carnival full of flesh eating mutant clowns while improving your typing and personal vocabulary. Happy Halloween!"

House of the Dead: Overkill debuted on the Wii in 2009, with a PlayStation 3 release in 2011.

The Typing of the Dead: Overkill is available from Sega's store and Steam now.

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